Lyrics It's Only a Paper Moon - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra

It's Only a Paper Moon

Paul Whiteman
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Paul Whiteman
Lyric by Billy Rose and E. Y Harburg
Say, it’s only a paper moon,
Sailing over a cardboard sea,
But it wouldn’t be make believe,
If you believed in me.
Yes, it’s only a canvas sky,
Hanging over a muslin tree
But it wouldn’t be make believe,
If you believed in me.
Without your love it’s a honky tonk parade,
Without your love it’s a melody played in a penny arcade.
It’s a Barnum and Bailey world
just a phony as it can be,
But it wouldn’t be make believe
If you believed in me.
From: Sarah Schoomer?